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  Over to You, Phil

  18.07.2018

  Whilst the nation basked in more sunshine, dreamt of the World Cup coming home and waited for news of the next Cabinet Minister resignation this week, a very important document was published – the first National Infrastructure Assessment. This document, produced by the National Infrastructure Commission, sets out the Commission’s plan of action for the UK’s infrastructure over the next 10-30 years. »

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  You Had One Job…

  26.01.2018

  OK, so first of all, an apology – we’ve been a bit quiet on the Directors’ blog front for the past 18 months, but I can assure you that there is a good reason for that, more of which later. »

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  It’s All Child’s Play

  27.04.2016

  Last week I took part in two thought-provoking events at the Institution of Civil Engineers – the Roads 2016 conference and a workshop convened to help develop the National Needs Assessment for the National Infrastructure Commission. »

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  Go East, Young Man

  01.04.2016

  The one advantage of the long Easter weekend coming so early in 2016 is that it has given us all a chance to digest the wealth of new reports that came out in the preceding two weeks – Transport for the North’s update, the National Infrastructure Commission’s first three reports, HS2 Ltd’s report on links to Scotland and even the draft first National Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy on Easter Sunday itself. So, whilst gorging on Lindt chocolate bunnies (other cunicular confectionery is available), what have we learned? »

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  The Transport Professional’s Perfect Stocking Filler

  17.12.2015

  In November this year, I had the privilege of becoming Chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Transport Expert Panel. This has necessitated me spending quite a bit of time recently in London, and during one walk from the ICE’s headquarters in Westminster to meet a friend at Holborn, my eye was taken by a striking vision in a bookshop window near Leicester Square. »

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